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shotgun

[shot-guhn] / ˈʃɒtˌgʌn /
















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“You see a bit more of a shotgun style,” says Walt Hickey, a data specialist whose Numlock Awards is a rolling analysis of the race.

From The Wall Street Journal

MPs are currently considering whether to tighten shotgun licensing laws to bring them into line with restrictions on rifles.

From BBC

He eventually found 7 ½ West End Court in Long Branch, New Jersey, a twenty-five-foot-wide shotgun shack that sat a few blocks away from the beach.

From Salon

“Corporal Jarvis’ deployment of the less-lethal bean bag shotgun at that distance was in accordance with his training and reasonable under the circumstances,” the report states.

From Los Angeles Times

Authorities claim Martin was carrying a shotgun and a gas can when they encountered him early Sunday.

From Salon